Next Web Conference Notes (and discount!)
On April 3 & 4 we will host another edition of The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We are very busy preparing everything. We expect 700+ visitors and a lot of exciting news and speakers. Check out more information on http://2008.thenextweb.org and regular updates on The Next Web Blog. For people who have been following me here I also have a special discount. If you want to visit the conference and have been reading my blog and want a good discount contact me or leave a comment here and I will send you a special promo...
read moreThe Next Web Conference on LinkedIn
The Next Web Conference has just been approved as an official group on LinkedIn. If you visited an earlier event, and are proud of it, you can now add our logo to your profile. Follow this URL and follow instructions: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/54197/07A63A6CEEBF All the requests will have to be approved by us but that is just a formality. Official website for Next Web Conference...
read moreBowlr ‘Twitter All Star Team’ Promotion Video!
This Thursday we are hosting the first Dutch Bowlr competition. A lot of teams have been training for this event and we heard that people really look forward Thursday. The Twitter All Star Team has just posted a promotion video for our event which is simply hilarious. It starts a lot of well known Dutch twitter celebrities and details from a Twitter All Star Team training session. The members in the Twitter All Star Team are indentified not by name but only by Twitter username: @Dutchcowboy, @Frankmeeuwsen, @Jimstolze, @Marjolijn, @Markies,...
read moreAwards ceremony: Website van het Jaar
Yesterday evening I presented the ‘Website van het Jaar’ award ceremony in Hotel Arena in Amsterdam. The organization received more than 1.3 milion votes in 14 categories. I announced all the winners on stage, had a little chat with them and presented them with their prize. The big winner was Google.nl. For all the winners see the ‘Website van het Jaar‘ website. IPAN was the host for this event and paid for some for the drinks. I took this photo 1 minute before we started. As you can see you don’t see much on...
read moreIPAN: Leaving as chairman
In the beginning of 2008 I will be handing over my title of ‘Chairman’ at IPAN to the next lucky guy. I have a pretty good idea of who that could be but in the end the members of IPAN will have to decide about that with their votes. I have been the chairman of IPAN for more than two years and it is time for a new team to take over now. The official event where members will vote on the new chairman will take place in early 2008. But on Tuesday, December 4, I will host an informal farewell party during an IPAN Event. Han Gerrits will...
read moreConnectivity as a Utility and other news
There were two news items that made a huge impression on me this week. The first was that Apple sales of Leopard exceeded sales of Vista in Japan in October. Apple has been a niche player for decades but this might be a turning point: In the six days after Leopard’s 26 October launch, combined single-user licence (46 per cent) and family pack (7.9 per cent) sales accounted for 53.9 per cent of the total OS-only market in Japan. However, at Microsoft, Windows sales fell from 75.3 per cent to 28.7 per cent The second announcement that made...
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